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Metallurgy and specifically ironwork has a wonderful and rich history going back thousands of years to early metalworkers, discoveries by Roman craftsmen in 'good iron' (now our favourite material, steel), to the more modern scientific...

Many items around the home owe a lot to the metallurgy that helped produce them, but have now become so everyday and commonplace that we no longer appreciate them or place any thought into how...

Some products in the world of iron and steel are so useful, they deserve special mention, one of which is manganese steel. Manganese steel typically has between 11-14% manganese content and a relatively high carbon...

'Steel' brings up a myriad of images, everything from the heat and noise of a Victorian foundry, through the stainless surgical implements that are used in hospitals worldwide every day and ending up at the...

One of the immutable truths of the world is that there's always the right tool for the job, but something that's often overlooked is the tool itself. Not only does the tool need to be...

Recently I was lucky enough to be invited to sail a 44' yacht from Oban in Scotland to go and explore the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides. On the second day the coast guard...

In October this year the top names of the biggest steel producers in the world met at the annual conference of the World Steel Association. Top executives from Tata, Russian steel mill Severstal, Nippon Steel...

One of the areas where metallurgy and steel production have leapt forward in the last few years is in how precise we can be. The classification of steel has changed several times since the first...

Very often, the study of metallurgy is the study of history itself. Many of the advances that drive human endeavour occurred because the craftsmen (and more recently the scientists) have taken over and the capabilities...